About Appalachia Today™

 

Appalachia Today™ is a website devoted to news, travel, events, music, culture, and history in the Appalachian Mountains. The site was founded in 2025 by Casey Nicholson of Greeneville, Tennessee.

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Our Mission

 

The mission of Appalachia Today™ is threefold:

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1. To promote Appalachian community development in the 21st century by reporting on news, events, and travel throughout the Appalachian region.

2. To connect the contemporary Appalachian region with its rich history and culture, highlighting the people, places, and traditions that shape Appalachian life.

3. To broaden the understanding of Appalachia by connecting the region traditionally understood as the central and southern Appalachian Mountains—including coal country in the west and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the east—with the wider mountain communities stretching from the Deep South to New England and the Canadian Appalachians.

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Editorial Contact

 

Casey Nicholson
Founding Editor & Site Administrator, Appalachia Today™
📧 editor@appalachatoday.com

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Business Model

 

Appalachia Today™ is a free-to-view, free-to-read publication owned and operated by Casey Nicholson.  The long-term ambition of the site is to remain accessible to all readers without paywalls and with little to no banner advertising. To support this goal, Appalachia Today™ relies on voluntary reader support through gratuities and patronage. Reader support is given freely, without obligation, and does not influence editorial decisions. Appalachia Today™ does not publish sponsored articles or advertorial content, and editorial coverage is not offered in exchange for payment.

 

While Appalachia Today™ may participate in monetization programs on third-party social media platforms where its content is shared, any advertising displayed on those platforms is controlled by the platforms themselves and not by Appalachia Today™. Such activity helps support the continued operation of the website while keeping appalachatoday.com free to access.

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Policies & Governance

 

​Policies governing Appalachia Today™ can be found at the bottom of any of our webpages.  For information on Appalachia Today's trademark and copyright, see the Legal Notices document.  For information on how we produce news and stories, see our Editorial Standards & Ethics document.  For information about how we handle privacy and accessibility, please see our Privacy Policy and Accessibility Statement.